UGLY MAN
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   Gino grapples with his self identity and
once again takes us to another place with a
series of  extremely unique harmonies.
Truly one of his most outstanding great
productions/compositions.
A real hidden gem

small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C  etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line


Db7+9+5    Emaj7/F#
 Who       am I

       Amaj7/B   Ab/Bb  Gb/Ab  Fmaj7-5 Emaj7-5
To the rab       ble    and    the     wise

                      Bbmaj7-5   Bb7-5      Amaj7-5  A7-5
Am I just a young and shal            low  face

     Abmaj7-5 Ab7-5    Bmaj7+5/Db    Db9
that years           e  rase

     Emaj7/F#  Em7-5/F#  E6/9 /F#
Am I more      than      that

   Amaj7/B  Am7-5/B   F#m7/B   D7+9
Oh do       they      won      der

Db7+9+5     Emaj7/F#
How     can I

          Amaj7/B    Ab/Bb   Gb/Ab   Fmaj7-5 Emaj7-5
Bring the world  be          neath   this    guise

                     Bbmaj7-5 Bb7-5          Amaj7-5 A7-5
In the silence of my lan             guished soul

       Ab7-5     D7+9
Lies a truth  un known

Fmaj7/G  Emaj7/F#
Ohhh     yes I am

             Em(maj7)/F#   Em6/F#
I am just an ugly          man

  Fm7+5 Fm7-5    E/Bb
Alone

(strings)

f4              ab  g   ab   f..............
Bbm7/Eb


                             f4     f    f#   g#
                            Ebm9
 I work no day with self de ception

Bmaj7/Ab   Bmaj7-5/Ab
All that I am

       Bb7-9+5         Bb7-9
Is one common grain of sand

        Bbm7/Eb    Eb9            Gbmaj7/Ab    Ab7-9+5
But the sun does   rise for every man         alive

           Emaj7/C#  Emaj7-5/C#
And how my heart is  clear

        Emaj7/F#   F#m7/B     Cmaj9/D
Cause I have from  what   I    do

      A/B  Ab/Bb  Gb/Ab  E/F#  Fm7-5   E/Bb   Db/B
And I do   just   what   I     am

synth:
   e5  f#    eb    ab4  b   e5        eb    db     b4       bb
Db7+9+5     Emaj7/F#        Amaj7/B  Ab/Bb  Gb/Ab  Fmaj7-5  Emaj7-5

                    Bbmaj7-5 Bb7-5      Amaj7-5 A7-5
Oh no man is born a star           less sky

           Ab7-5    D7+9
'neath his naked    hide

Fmaj7/G   Emaj7/F#
Lord      yes I am

            Emaj7/F#  Em6
Maybe I'm a lucky     man

(rhodes)
      b4 b    a    a    b   d5    e4   g
     Abm/F    Bm7/E    Cmaj7-5/D  G13
Inside

(synth brass)
eb4 db    ab3  d4    db     ab3       b        bb......................
Emaj7/F#      F13    E13    Dmaj13-5  Cmaj7-5  Bmaj7-5......................


transcribed and charted by Peter Kruger  casparus50@yahoo.ca